Watchfolder Transcoder Integration

This app will allow Watchfolder Transcoder to be used as a transcoder in Portal, as a complement to, or possibly as a replacement for, the Vidispine transcoder.

The basic usage is that you put a file on one share that the Watchfolder transcoder picks up and transcodes it to the format configured in the Watchfolder transcoder.

Installation

Prerequisites

This guide requires:

  • Cantemo Portal version 2.1.0 and above with the Watchfolder Plugin

Configuring the integration

Configure a Watchfolder path and an Output path in the settins together with the output format.

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Watchfolder path:

This is the path that Vidispine transfers the file and that the Watchfolder transcoder picks it up.

Output path:

This is where the Watchfolder transcoder outputs the resulting file and Portal picks it up.

Output file extension:

This is the extension of the source file for the Watchfolder Transcoder

Timeout:

How many seconds to wait for the output file to appear before giving up. If not set waits indefinitely.

Delete file from watchfolder after import:

If checked Portal will delete the file put into the watchfolder.

Delete output file after import:

If checked Portal will delete the file created by Watchfolder transcoder and put in Output path after it has been imported.

Note

The output filename from the Watchfolder transcode must be same as the input filename, except for the extension.

Required settings

A local Vidispine storage that is shared between the Watchfolder transcoder and Vidispine is required, and the material to transcode must be available on said storage.

Reporting errors

If you encounter an error you cannot fix yourself, please feel free to contact Cantemo Support. In order to assist you more quickly, please include an error report using the “Report Error” tool available via the Admin menu in Portal.